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Hot off the presses!
Save gas. Skip the airport. Go on vacation and get back in time for Scrubs re-runs.
Those clever Aussies have done it!
"No time for a vacation? Try a 30-minute virtual trip."
Sand on my feet? A little spray of water/ocean spray?
Sign me up.
It's like a power nap only better.
Go slow.
(dad opening gift photo from miss Kerryn on flickr)
Could it be that you have designs on stiffing dear old Dad when it comes to Father's Day gifts this year?
If you are a Dad, you might not want to read this.
"Dads could take backseat to tough economy this Father's Day"
Say it ain't so!
Mad Gringo knows it's tough - he's noticed the short lines at the Starbucks and a few more bicycles on the road as he plows thorugh traffic.
My solution?
Spend $19 on one of these fancy new Mad Gringo Fourth of July TShirts.
Or Mad Gim giving us the Peace sign. 
Either way, you're only out $19 or so and Dad can wear it on a daily basis.
With flip flops.
Go slow.
(Photo from flickr, Fellowship of the Rich)
Mad Gringo had this article emailed to him today:
"Midday Dozing can be the pause that refreshes" by Argus Lind
The best part was this quote from Yogi Berra:
"I usually take a two-hour nap from 1 to 4."
Amen brother. Amen.
Get to the beach. Nap.
Go slow.
Mad Gringo loves his time on Virginia Beach. Mostly because of Wild Bill and Mad Anne and their Pineapple Lanai.
So this little beach war caught my eye:
"Virginia Beach says ad crossed line in the sand"
It seems that Myrtle Beach is poaching on would be vacationers that are searching on Google.
Whoa!
This seems to have some people's inner mad gringos getting, well, mad!
Read this guy's comments:
"To be blunt, Myrtle Beach - with its miles of strip joints and acres of bad food - appeals only to golfers, lechers and other social misfits."
Ouch!
Beach vacation wars. The only thing worse could be someone sitting on the beach with a laptop getting work done.
Oh no! What is the world coming to?!?
"The beach of tomorrow, where high tide meets high tech"
I guess Mad Gringo has more minds to change.
Go slow.
(image from sleeptracker.com)
In order for naps to take their rightful place inside of companies, they will need to piggyback on the rise of technology.
Makes sense, right? Make napping techy and cool, and it will catch on in cool tech companies then filter down to the rest of us!
Wired Magazine's Chris Hardwick breaks down the latest nap tech for us in his article -
"Thomas Edison's Take on New Napping Technologies"
Among my favorites:
"Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation"
and "Neuro Linguistic Programming (aka talking)"
aka "talking". That cracks me up.
I'm getting the Sleeptracker Pro.
Go slow.
What happens when your inner mad gringo is influenced by both the Hawaiian shirt and the Mexican/Cuban/Filipino Guayabera?
You become El Grande Kahuna and create the Hawaiiabera.
It has the 4 pockets of a guayabera and the bright tropical prints of the Hawaiian Aloha Shirt genre,
You can order them from El Grande Kahuna on his site: http://www.hawaiiabera.com/index.php
Someday they'll be on the Mad Gringo site too. I love the idea of these shirts!
Go slow.
When you get one of these in the mail, consider it a warning:
I laughed when I opened the package from Mad Jeff - after all, it looks harmless enough - just a little tiki guy and a drum. MJ tried to warn me - "he looks a little angry" he said.
What could go wrong? I was headed to see those 80s superstars, the Police and Elvis Costello. The sun was shining. The tiki guy was playing music. I wasn't driving. Things were looking up.
I bumped into Mad Steve and crew at the bar. He was looking resplendent in his Tikal Tour Go Slow shirt. He bought me a few beverages.
I saw Elvis Costello. He rocked. I saw tons of people I knew. They bought me some beverages.
Then I saw the Police. (sorry for the low quality video)
Yes, that was G-money belting out the lyrics along with Sting as I was consuming another beverage.
He even got the ladies next to us to sing along - after they bought me another beverage.
That's when things got a little fuzzy.
There was a convention. A conventioneer. Adult beverages. Talk of golf. A belly dancer:
And a late night run for the border.
When I came to, this was staring at me in the mirror.
I guess he does look a little angry.
At least I have this quote from Frank Sinatra to pull me through:
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."
Amen brother.
Go slow.
Mad Gringo was referred to this comic on Chris Muir's Day By Day website:
(comic from http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2008/05/12/)
I love it. Hawaiian Shirts at the Opera.
I'm told it's a depiction of Bob Shrum, not an indictment that Hawaiian shirts are only worn by fat, balding men.
Mad Gringo likes to think that hip guy in the tux has a few Go Slow shirts in his closet. I know Madeline Albright does.
Go slow.
There is always a Bigger Truck.
Mad Gringo knows this feeling all too well.
It's what nearly drove him to live in a hut on the beach.
I may still end up there. Check out this article on Forbes from Neil Steinberg:
(found thanks to Beach Walks with Rox)
The article captures the tug that defines the inner Mad Gringo. How much is enough? Why can't I just be happy on a beach learning Spanish and studying the works of Carlos Fuentes? If my parents grew up in a 1000 square foot home, why do I need more?
If Hilo Hattie has the World's Largest Hawaiian Shirt, how hard would it be for Mad Gringo to build one even bigger?
Nap time.
Feel free to comment!
And check out the Reef - a community forum put together by the Beach Walks with Rox Team.
She has a great outrigger canoe video up from last week. I copied it here.
Beach Walk 632 - Island Adventure
Let that serve as inspiration for the Kent Island Outrigger Canoe Club festivities this coming weekend!
Aloha!
Go slow.
Want to get to the nearest beach?
Just need to find your way there?
What about a FREE Rand McNally Road atlas?
Before you go, make sure to pick up some beachwear.
Go slow.
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